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Topic: Going Places- Reasons to take a Journey

Common Core Standards: RI3.7 Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (where, when, why and how key events occur).

RL3.10 Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas and poetry at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

W3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequence of events.

W3.5 Write with guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.

L3.2g Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spelling.

L3.5c Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

Suggested Student Objectives: 1. Students will identify and explain the purposes of text features. 2. Students will use text and graphic features to infer and predict while reading. 3. Students will read and comprehend literature, stories, dramas and poetry. 4. Students will draft a fictional narrative. 5. Students will revise, edit and publish fictional narratives.

Suggested Additional Readings: 1. "The Big Cleanup"- Kate McGovern (Journeys TE 406-407, SE318-319) 2. [|Everest article]

Resource Links: 1. [|Character Traits] 2. [|Landforms Video]

Activities: 1. [|Metaphor/Simile interactive practice] 2. Students will continue writing their fictional narratives from lesson 24. In this phase, they will develop their characters (see trait list in links) and experiment by adding figurative language to their work. They will receive editing tips from teacher and peers.

Assessments: 1. Practice Book, Volume 2, p. 129 2. Weekly Test, Lesson 25 3. Narrative Writing Rubric, TE R16

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